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Angel Paulino finds a big hole to pick up some yardage, assisted by Jack Woods (left) and Michael Lock (right).
By Scot Cooper
PEABODY — The Peabody
football team executed a
near-perfect game plan across
all three phases during Friday
night’s game against visiting
Malden. The Tanners kept
Malden’s offense off the field,
forced turnovers on defense and
made the most of the opportunities
they were given. The result
was a 42-12 Peabody victory at
Corey Lee Field the Tanners’
third win of the season.
Peabody coach Mark
Bettencourt said he was pleased
to see his Tanners put forth
a solid outing after mistakes
cost them in losses earlier this
season.
“We gelled, I mean offensively,
a lot of mistakes that
we’ve been making lately we
corrected today, and I think you
Tanner defense smothers Malden
saw the results on the field,”
Bettencourt said. “If the kids
do what the coaches teach them
to do, things obviously look a
lot better for us, and we looked
pretty good tonight.”
The Tanners scored on their
second possession, after fumbling
the first time they had the
ball, on a sack and recovery
by Malden’s Amilcar Ferreira.
Angel Paulino took it in from
the 1-yard line with 3:48 left in
the first quarter. Austin Leggett
tacked on the extra point, who
was a perfect 6-of-6 in point
after kicks, to put Peabody
ahead to stay.
The Tanners were back in
business four seconds later, as
Malden fumbled the kickoff,
and Colten Cole recovered.
Jake Sousa capped the short
drive with a 2-yard touchdown
run and Malden found itself in
an early 14-0 hole.
Kyle Maglione (1 catch,
32 yards) swiped a Justin
Nortelus pass on the next series,
and Peabody scored three
plays later, when Matthew
Jandrisevits (2-of-3, 42 yards,
TD) found Dylan Peluso in the
right corner for the touchdown
pass from 22 yards out.
Peabody went into the locker
room up 28-0, after Alex
DeNisco (3-of-4, 46 yards, TD)
hit Brandon Caniff with an 11-
yard touchdown pass. Malden
was struggling on offense in
the first half, and Peabody was
more than willing to take advantage
on Senior Night.
After the break, Tanners running
back Colby Therrien ran
one in from six yards out, and
Luis Guridys busted loose for a
45-yard scoring run in the third
to close things out for Peabody.
Malden got on the board
late in the third, on a touchdown
run by Nortelus, and the
Malden quarterback hooked up
with Raushad Moore from 21
yards out for the final score of
the game. Moore’s catch was
a highlight-reel play, going up
for a high throw, getting his
arm under the ball and pulling it
away from a Tanners’ defensive
back.
Ten Tanners had a least one
rushing attempt, including
Paulino (10 carries, 72 yards),
Jandrisevits (5 carries, 59
yards), Guridys (1 carry, 45
yards), Cam Cuzzi (6 carries,
26 yards), DeNisco (2 carries,
16 yards), Therrien (2 carries,
12 yards), Sousa (2 carries, 3
yards), Colten Cole (1 carry, 6
yards), Dante Olowu (1 carry,
2 yards) and Jack Flaherty (3
carries).
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“Those kids impressed
me, I know they’re young,
they’re rebuilding, but they
fought hard the entire game,
I give them a lot of credit,”
Bettencourt said. “Our goal
is to get better every week,
hopefully this gives us a push
for Beverly next week. That’s
been the goal from week one,
get better every week.”
Despite the loss, Malden
coach Steve Freker said he was
proud of his team’s effort.
“We’ve only got four-five
guys with varsity experience,
we started two freshmen and
three sophomores on the offensive
line, and that’s unheard
of in the NEC,” Freker
said. “We told them to keep
fighting in the second half and
score a few touchdowns and
they did that.”
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